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- Company ... Father is Andrey; mother is Galina ... Notable coaches included Jens Gerlach and former WTA player Larisa Savchenko ... Won 2004 Roland Garros title in historic all-Russian final vs. Dementieva; became first Russian Grand Slam singles champion ... Advanced to quarterfinals on five other occasions at majors ... First Russian player to rank in Top 5 in March 2004 and set a national ranking record of No.2 in September 2004 (later surpassed by Sharapova and Safina at No.1) ... Led Russia to first Fed Cup title in 2004, winning all three rubbers played in the final ... Played at WTA Finals three times (2002, 2003, 2004), achieving best result in 2004 by reaching semifinals ... Has three sons, Zhenya (born April 2008), Georgy (born August 2010), and Pavel (born March 2012)... Served as captain of the Russian Fed Cup team (now Billie Jean King Cup) from 2014 to 2018, leading the team to 2015 final.
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Right-HandedCareer High
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5' 8 1/2'' (1.74 m)Birthday
Jul 8, 1981 July 8, 1981Birthplace
Moscow, RussiaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (10): 2005 - Kolkata; 2004 - Roland Garros, Doha, Moscow; 2003 - Doha, Sarasota, Leipzig, Moscow; 2002 - Bahia; 1999 - Palermo, ITF/Gorizia-ITA; 1998 - ITF/Tallinn-EST; 1997 - ITF/Batumi-GEO.
Finalist (9): 2006 - Istanbul, Eastbourne, Stockholm; 2005 - Stockholm; 2004 - San Diego; 2003 - Philadelphia; 2002 - Birmingham, Eastbourne, Leipzig.
DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2006 - Warsaw (w/Likhovtseva); 2005 - Kolkata (w/Likhovtseva), Filderstadt (w/Hantuchova); 2004 - Bali (w/Sugiyama), Moscow (w/Zvonareva); 1997 - ITF/Istanbul-TUR, ITF/Tbilisi-GEO, ITF/Batumi-GEO (all w/Dementieva).
Finalist (1): 2003 - Moscow (w/Zvonareva).
ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team 1998, 2002-05. Russian Olympic Team 2000, 2004.